Deaths of Canada billionaire Barry Sherman and wife 'suspicious'
A Canadian billionaire and his wife have been found dead at their home in Toronto in circumstances that police described as "suspicious".
The bodies of Barry Sherman and his wife Honey were found in the basement by an estate agent, reports said.
Mr Sherman was the founder and chairman of pharmaceutical giant Apotex, which sells generic medicines around the world.
He was one of Canada's richest men and a prominent philanthropist.
There was no sign of forced entry to the property, police said in a statement Friday evening. Local media reported that investigators were not searching for a suspect at this time.
Detective Brandon Price told Canadian broadcaster CBC that investigators were still trying to determine if there was foul play involved.
Apotex is a Canadian pharmaceutical corporation. Founded in 1974 by Dr. Bernard Sherman, the company is the largest producer of generic drugs in Canada, with sales exceeding $1 billion (CAD) a year. The company produces more than 300 generic pharmaceuticals in approximately 4,000 dosages, and has 500 molecules under development. Apotex exports products to over 115 countries around the globe. There are more prescriptions filled with Apotex products in Canada than that of any other pharmaceutical company, close to 90 million per year.
Also at CBC.
(Score: 2) by unauthorized on Monday December 18 2017, @10:28PM
Yes, reminds me of all the "green loving" politicians whose personal households waste more energy than the collective output of a small nation. It doesn't matter how much money you give to charity if you metaphorically bathe in the blood of orphans, I object to the classification of anyone as an altruistic person unless their conviction to help others doesn't permiate through out their entire lives.
This is not a moral judgement, I don't expect people to act like saints and I wouldn't fault anyone for failing to be one. As long as they don't claim they are.
And on the subject of generics, although they are not very profitable, there is a tiny bit of profit to be sqeezed out of them. Don't try to pass it as a purely altruistic move, if his company didn't manifacture the drugs, someone else would have.
I don't care. My criticism is aimed squarely at the BBC.
What a ridiculous strawman. I did not advocate for taking anything from the rich and I do happen advocate for state-managed welfare system. Not that any of this is relevant.
Uuuhh.... wut? Sounds like you are projecting something there, nothing I said was mockery, nor even particularly pertinent to the person in question. I would have made a similar comment had the BBC published an equally stupid statement about someone who was/is piss-poor.